Table Tennis Lead Almost Unbeatable

Press, Volume CVI, Issue 31123, 28 July 1966, Page 18

Table Tennis Lead Almost Unbeatable

The four top teams in the Christchurch senior table tennis inter-dub competition al! gained comfortable wins during the twelfth round of matches played last evening.

Selwyn placed itself in an almost impregnable position by defeating Linwood and will now need to lose both matches in the final two rounds to miss winning the championship. V. N. Brightwell and H. P Holt both won all their singles matches but Holt was lucky to beat N. C. Orr who always seems to just lose three-game struggles. Wallabies Red was a man short—N. B. Radford injured an ankle during the afternoon—and gave Avonside an easy victory. Avonside remains three

points behind Selwyn and is now the only team with a chance of overhauling Sclwyn. As expected. Wallabies Green proved too strong for Celtic, G. R. Saunders winning all his singles. However, M. R. Spinks was in poor form. B. T. Edwards was the only Celtic player to display good form. Eagles overwhelmed a University team without B. Prendergast, and J. Armstrong returned to something like his best form to crush C. W. C. Tilby. Armstrong won all three singles while D. J. Kalin and Mrs M. J. Shadbolt won two each and University never looked like coping. Competition points after 12 rounds are:—Selwyn 31, Avonside 18, Eagles 18. Wallabies Green 14. Celtic 8. Linwood S. Wallabies Red 7. University 4 Results were: Cagles U, University 2 J. Armstrong beat J. Moen, 21-13, 21-12; beat A. Rutledge. 21-8, 21-9: beat C. W. C. Tilby. 21-13, 21-8. D. J. Kalin lost to Tilby, 19-21, 21-14. 10-21; beat Moen. 21-18, 21-18; beat Rutledge, 21-15, 20-22. 21-9. Mrs M. J. Shadbolt beat Rutledge, 21-13, 21-7; lost to Tilby. 12-21. 17-21; beat Moen, 21-14. 21-10. Kalin and Mrs Shadbolt beat Rutledge and Moen. 28-20. 21-17; Armstrong and Mrs Shadbolt beat Tilby and Moen. 21-19, 21-14; Armstrong and Kalin beat Tilby and Rutledge. 21-13, 21-9. Wallabies Green (, Celtic 4 M. R. Spinks lost to R. J. {Sanderson, 17-21. 16-21: beat H. Batchelor, 19-21, 21-17, 21-17; lost to B. 1. Edwards, 21-15, 19-21. 15-21; G. R. Saunders beat Batchelor, 21-18, 21-13; beat Edwards, 23-21, 21-14; beat Sanderson. 21-17. 21-18. R. G. Hart lost to Edwards, 21-13, tB-21. 21 -23; beat Sanderson, 21-17, 21-12; beat Batchelor. 2t-6, 21-18. Saunders and Hart beat Sanderson and Batchelor, 21-11. 21-9: Spinks and Hart beat Edwards and Batchelor. 21-19. 21-18: Spinks and Saunders lost Ito Edwards and Sanderson. ! 24-22. 22-24, 19-21. Selwyn 9, Linwood 3 V. N. Brightwell beat N. C. Orr. 21-8, 21-12; beat G. Maklnson, 21-9, 21-8; beat J. E. Kyle. 21-12, 21*14. H. P. Holt beat Kyle. 21-17, 19-21, 21-17; beat Orr, 21-18, 21-23, 21-14; beat Makinson, 21-8, 21-17. Mrs T. May lost to Maklnson, 14-21, 18-21; lost to Kyle. 18-21, 24-22, 14-21; lost to Orr, 12-21. 20-22. Holt and Mrs May beat Makinson and Orr, 21-12, 21-8; Brightwell and Mrs May beat Kyle and Orr, 21-17, 21-12; Brightwell and Holt beat Kylo and Maklnson, 17-21, 21-18, 21-13. Avonside 10, Wallabies Red 2 M. Flewellyn beat M. A. Cox, 23- 21-17; beat R. Rhodes. 21-10, 21-18; K. Ward beat Rhodes. 21-11. 21-14: lost to Cox. 24- 19-21, 8-21; B. A. Isherwood lost to Cox, 11-21, 13-21; beat Rhodes, 21-18, 22-20. Ward and Isherwood beat Cox and Rhodes, 28-26. 21-14.